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authorMarius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>2005-03-18 09:26:05 +0000
committerMarius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>2005-03-18 09:26:05 +0000
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Talk about non-blockable GC.
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@@ -1173,6 +1173,12 @@ function as the callback instead of a SCM value.
Use scm_std_select, scm_std_sleep, scm_std_usleep instead.
+** The GC can no longer be blocked.
+
+The global flags scm_gc_heap_lock and scm_block_gc have been removed.
+The GC can now run (partially) concurrently with other code and thus
+blocking it is not well defined.
+
** Many definitions have been removed that were previously deprecated.
scm_lisp_nil, scm_lisp_t, s_nil_ify, scm_m_nil_ify, s_t_ify,